Improvement in cooking utensils



F.P.WARREN.

lCooking Utensil. Y No. 126,114. PaemedApri|23,1872,

INITED STATES FREDERIC PELHAM WARREN, oF EAST COURT CosHAM, CREAT RRTTAIN,

PATENT EETCa ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE' E. WARING, JR., AND fl. N. A. GRISWOLD, OF NEW- PORT, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN COOKINQUTENSILS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 126,114, dated April 23, 1872.

I, FREDERIC PELHAM WARREN, of East Court Cosham, in the county of Hants, Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, have invented an Improved Cooking Utensil, of which the following is a specification:

The object of this invention is to enable esh and other food to be cooked not only without danger of being burned or subjected in the process to a more than sufficient heat, but also to avoid its absorption of moisture, and, by the condensation of the steam or vapor given ofi' by the evaporation of the fluids contained in such esh or other food, to elfectl the boiling or stewing thereof, without its being placed or coming into contact with water for that purpose.

Figure l of the drawing is a side elevation of a cooking utensil constructed accordingto this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the utensil taken through the line A B of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section through the line U D of Fig. 4 5 and Fig. 4 is a plan of the utensil.

Similar letters of reference denote the same parts in all the iigures.

a represents an ordinary pan or vessel containing the lower portion of a second vessel, b, resting by means of a rim or projection, c. The upper portion b1 of the vessel b projects above the top of the pan a, and is furnished with a ,tube or passage, d, communicating at itslower end with the interior of the pan a, and extending upward some distance within the vessel b. The upper part of the vessel b receives and is closed by the bottom of a third vessel, e, which has a rim or projection, j', resting upon the upper part of the vessel b, and is also provided with a tube or pipe, g, fitting into and communicating with the tube or passage d. The iiesh or animal food to be cooked is placed upon the removable false bottom I)l2 within the inner vessel b, the lower portion of which latter is surrounded by the water in the pan a, which may be subjected to heat in the ordinary manner. The steam or vapor ascending from the iesh or animal food in the inner vessel b is condensed by coming in contact with the internal surface of the less-heated upper portion b1 of that vessel. The potatoes or other vegetables to be cooked or steamed are placed in the upper vessel e. The steam from the pan a passes upward through the tubes orpassages d and g into the vessel e containin g the potatoes or other vegetables to be steamed, and, after coming in contacttherewith, passes through the tube or passage h into the hollow cover or lid t', wherein it is condensed, and from whence the condensed water passes, by the pipe h, through the vessel e and passages g and d, back into the pan a. A small guard-plate, k, provides against any obstruction to the passage g by the potatoes or other vegetables in the vessel e. When it is required to make use only of the vessel b Without employing the upper vessel c the latter may be removed and the cover or lid t' be placed directly upon the vessel b, as shown dotted in Fig. 1, with -its tube or passage It in the tube or passage d of the vessel b, so that the steam generated in the pan @instead of passing through a vessel for the purpose of steaming or cooking potatoes or o1 her vegetables, as"A before described, passes direct through the pipes d and h into the hollow lid fi, as aforesaid. In some cases, where several utensils are simultaneously in in operation, instead of placing water within the outer vessel a of each utensil, the steam generated in the pan a of one of them may be made to ,pass along suitable pipes or spouts connectedV to the said steam-generating vessel a by joints consisting of hollow tapering nozzles iixed t'o the said vessel, and fitting truly within correspondingly-formed conical recesses or sockets attached to the ends of the pipes or spouts so as to admit steam into thepans a ofthe other utensils for the purpose of heating their inner vessels b. In other cases the cooking may be effected by steam generated in aboiler, and passing therefrom along a pipe communicatin g by cocks and connections with theouter vessel a of each of the utensils, which latter may be placed on a suitable stand or table. The outervessel a may be provided with several smaller vessels, b, arranged side by side, and carried by a suitable framing resting on the top of the vessel a, as will be readily understood.

My invention may likewise be advantageously employed in portable apparatus for army and other purposes, in which cases the utenthe inner vessel b, formed with an extension or condensing surface, b1, the upper vessel e, and the hollow cover or lid fi, constructed, arranged, and operating together, substantially in the manner herein described and 'set forth, for the purposes specified.

2. In combination With the vessels a, b, and

e, and hollow lid the use or employment of thetube or passage d, tube or pipe g, guardplate 7c, and tube or passage h, for the purposes and as specified.

3. .The combination in a cooking utensil of an outer vessel, c, for containing water or steam, and an inner vessel or vessels, b, formed with a projecting part or condensing Asurface or surfaces, b1, and covered by a hollow cover or lid or lids, z', operatingto ei'ect the boiling or stewing of flesh and other food Within thc said vessel or vessels b without such ilesh or or other food being placed or coming into contact with Water for that purpose, as herein described and set forth.

FREDERIC PELHAM WARREN.

W'itnesses:

H. E. WILLs, JNO. GEO. PnARsoN. 

